NEW DELHI: US has extended the waiver from sanctions granted last month for the Chabahar port in Iran by another six months, the govt said Thursday. To isolate Tehran, the US state department had in Sept revoked the sanctions exception issued in 2018 for the port that India developed for access to Afghanistan and Central…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced a ban on H-1Bs in Florida colleges and universities. After months of campaigning against the H-1B visa program through social media polls, posts and commentary, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Board of Governors to pull the plug on the use of the H-1B visasin the state colleges and…
AGRA: Four men have been arrested in Aligarh for allegedly writing “I love Muhammad” on the walls of four temples to falsely implicate their Muslim neighbours over property dispute. Aligarh SSP Neeraj Jadon identified the four as Jishant Kumar, Akash Kumar, Dilip Kumar, and Abhishek Sarswat, all aged between 30 and 35. Police said the…
MUMBAI: A 45-year-old documentary filmmaker from Pune held 17 children, aged 12-15, a 75-year-old woman and his staffer hostage for two hours at a recording studio in Powai Thursday afternoon after calling them for auditions for a web series. The crisis ended after a police commando team stormed the studio following failed negotiations and shot…
PRAYAGRAJ/MEERUT: Allahabad high court has acquitted four men, including two Pak nationals, convicted as terrorists and sentenced to death for killing eight CRPF personnel and wounding five in a 2007 attack on their camp in UP’s Rampur. The bench instead held the four guilty under the Arms Act. The family of one of the slain…
Drunk teacher drives car 750m with motorcycle in fender, rider on hood VADODARA: A man was carried on the hood of a car with a drunk driver for about 750 metres – with his motorcycle lodged in the car’s front fender – on the Modasa-Lunawada highway on Tuesday night. Sunil Machhar and his father-in-law, Dinesh…
YADGIR/BENGALURU: Days after Karnataka HC stayed state govt order restricting public gatherings of more than 10 people, Yadgir district administration on Wednesday granted conditional permission for a RSS ‘path sanchalan’ (route march) in Gurmitkal, which happens to be a political stronghold of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. The permission comes with 10 conditions, including ban on…
Google parent Alphabet reported its first-ever $100 billion quarterly revenue. Beating analysts estimates of $99.89 billion, the company reported a record revenue of $102.35 billion. CEO Sundar Pichai shared an X (formerly Twitter) post where he shared highlights from the company’s $100 billion quarter numbers. He also shared a thank you message to Google employees,…
Kanpur: A 47-year-old widow was arrested Thursday after her alleged lover and his brother were rounded up for allegedly murdering her 22-year-old son to claim Rs 40 lakh from four life insurance policies taken in his name, UP police said Thursday. Mamta Devi allegedly conspired with Mayank Katiyar, 33, and his brother Rishi Katiyar, 28,…
Joe Rogan fuels UFC storm with no standup rule calling Khabib Nurmagomedov the perfect example of dominance (Image Via Getty) Joe Rogan has stirred a fresh debate in the MMA world once again. In a new episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast released on October 26, 2025, the longtime UFC commentator revisited his “no…
